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"We had one blank Upwork account, one web-development agency, several ideas, and cumulative Scalifier experience. Not that we needed all that for a successful profile boost, but once you get locked into a serious business competition, the tendency is to push it as far as you can"
Unosoft is a full-stack web development agency from Ukraine. They specialize in developing web applications using Python (Django framework.)
Unosoft CEO Svetlana reached out to us with the quest: she wanted to get on Upwork and get more customers for their software business.
Here are final results of Scalifier work:
Unosoft had a tight deadline: after contacting us, they wanted to start lead generation tomorrow! However, there was a challenge: their Upwork profile was almost empty.
Upwork profile boost as part of Scalifier OppGen™ is your guiding star and we'd love to showcase the process step-by-step.
First of all we have to tell our customers who we are and what we can do.
Unosoft, your turn:
What is the main difference between a bad and a good freelancer?
The good one keeps everything in order. A good freelancer has one specialized profile per service.Unosoft has chosen two branches of service:
We researched on the most successful freelancers and agencies from those niches and figured out what should be for the full-stack development:
Based on this, our copywriters have prepared descriptions for each profile including for the general description:
A few small, but very important details. With language that's all pretty clear — it helps Upwork clients find the right medium of communication.
Upwork has its indexing system (like Google, but no). This system works differently, only God knows how... But also our R&D team!
We've discovered almost all Upwork secrets and made our SEO-tool dedicated to Upwork. Using this tool we are only able to pick the right skills, related to client niche.
In the Unosoft case, we underlined only important skills that make us visible to relevant clients and excludes irrelevant invitations.
Exactly at this point we received the Rising Talent Badge here.
We were actively boosting Unosoft's profile and have overclocked OppGen™ to reach the threshold of stable KPI's then.
A cool portfolio inside our sleeve increases your winning chances.
Unfortunately, at the beginning of the cooperation, our customer wasn't able to provide any showcases . But not because they didn't have it — NDA reasons: all projects were hidden.
Overall it's took us to approx. 1.5 month to receive unlabeled portfolio cases with described approaches, tools and screenshots.
Content:
We have rewritten and structured all the provided materials using SEO-copywriting and made those showcases readable for potential prospects.
Appearance:
To increase the appeal of your profile, we've created branded thumbnails. Looks sharp, doesn't it?
The Upwork profile should display all your values and convert leads into customers from the first sight. Certifications — small, but bright things attracting sight.
Upwork gives us the ability to add custom certificates, aside from default listings.
Unosoft were unable to provide any certifications: they've started in web development so long before the popularity of online courses and workshops.
After a short research and interview with Unosoft, we found the right medium for our customer: as Upwork allows only 2 custom certificates, there should be Python and Django — the most common tools that our customer provides.
Upwork is giving us a cool opportunity to request testimonials from your previous clients.
We located some of Unosoft's previous clients and contacted them to provide a first-class SEO-optimized feedback. Like this:
We are in the Scalifier a little bit hating templates. We'd love to craft a unique, personalized and attractive proposals.
Unosoft isn't an exception.
Tell me who your clients are and I will tell you which freelancer you are.
This rule also works with visa-versa. Just do a good job and work with normal clients!
As a result, you will achieve an Upwork wall of love with the stars and admiration, which attracts new leads like bees to honey.
You're picking one of your existing clients and we're bringing him to Upwork without fees.
👉 Both of you are just working the same way but through Upwork.
👉 The job is done — your client can leave feedback.
👉 Our copywriters write SEO-optimized and structured feedback that will lift your profile to the top.
Here is the Unosoft example:
We rock!
In addition to the ongoing profile optimization, we started active outreach on Upwork, sending 10-15 proposals per day on average. However, we faced some difficulties during the process.
At the time of Scalifier OppGen™️ campaign, Unosoft's landing page was partially in development. Some links were broken and pages not displayed. As a provider of web development services, this is not the type of image you want to convey with your website. We were worried that some of the Upwork leads may be concerned with the status of the landing page and fail to reach out, decreasing our conversion.
As mentioned earlier in the article, it took a while (1.5 months) for Unosoft to prepare case studies for their portfolio.
A great case study well tailored in your cover letter, is a strong chance of winning an Upwork project. For a few weeks, our SDR team was doing outreach missing the key component of case studies in their cover letters.
Due to the incomplete landing page, we were unable to retrieve the detailed information about Unosoft services and their full technology stack, which also took a few weeks to be prepared.
In this case, some incidents happened when our client had a long conversation with the lead instead of accepting the offer.
Once the client has solved the lead's problem gratis during the conversation which caused the lack of possibility to get money and positive feedback on Upwork.
Web-development agencies are always busy: Unosoft is not an exception. It's normal: their services are in huge demand.
Unosoft didn't assign a dedicated sales/project manager to deal with the endless stream of new leads from Upwork (1-2 per day), which in retrospect was a mistake.
Therefore communication with Upwork leads was prolonged: for urgent projects, the client was answering through 2-3 days, which was unacceptable.As a result, the leads we've generated have been forced to choose another contractor due to long response times.
While initiating the communication with some leads to start discussing project specs, Unosoft didn't follow up on their initial messages.As we've noticed that, we offered our help with doing consistent follow-ups with our existing leads, which has led us to create our own branded follow-up system.
As a result of mistimed communication, 0 deals out of 69 were closed during this period.
$60.000: This is an estimated revenue if all the lead requests were processed in time
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